Personal Weapon Control

Dylan Hockley was a mischievous 6-year-old boy who loved chocolate, Superman and playing with his older brother. After he was gunned down Dec. 14, 2012, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., his mother, Nicole Hockley, made it her mission to speak out and, by doing so, hopefully reduce the chance some other mother would one day also find herself facing a crowd, clutching a photo of her slain child and fighting back tears. "Nothing will bring my son back," she said Friday in Allentown. "But I am here so other parents don't have to stand here and feel this way." Hockley visited the Lehigh Valley to gather support for federal legislation called...

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